Massive theft at Dallas card show, Nearly 2 Million Dollars worth of cards stolen

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by jayshum

If you had really been careful, you would have locked up the bike. It sounds like maybe you were more lucky than careful since you left it out in the open where anyone happening by could have taken it. The card theft occurred inside where there were a limited number of people who the dealer probably assumed were all supposed to be there. While it's easy to look at what happened and point out how they could have done things differently that might have avoided the theft, they didn't just leave the case out in the open with no one around.

You totally failed to see my point ...

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

You totally failed to see my point ...

Ok, maybe you should explain it then because after rereading your post several times, I still don't get what your hidden meaning is.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Ok, maybe you should explain it then because after rereading your post several times, I still don't get what your hidden meaning is.

Look at the steps that I took in order to protect my $300 bike. I leaned it against the window so that I could see it and I only had my eyes away from it for about 30 - 45 seconds while I was peeing. Even when I was washing my hands, I came out of the washroom so that 30 - 45 seconds didn't turn into 2 minutes. Yes, I was pretty careful.

Now, go take a look at the cards that got stolen. Those are life-changing cards. Why was there just one high school kid at the table? Where the heck was everybody else? Where was the owner? I would've had an army watching those cards.

[Seven]

Terrible all around. It's experiences like this that make me sick to my stomach. I've never purchased from Ashsh but I've spoke to him a couple of times. Hopefully the thieves are brought to justice.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Look at the steps that I took in order to protect my $300 bike. I leaned it against the window so that I could see it and I only had my eyes away from it for about 30 - 45 seconds while I was peeing. Even when I was washing my hands, I came out of the washroom so that 30 - 45 seconds didn't turn into 2 minutes. Yes, I was pretty careful.

Now, go take a look at the cards that got stolen. Those are life-changing cards. Why was there just one high school kid at the table? Where the heck was everybody else? Where was the owner? I would've had an army watching those cards.

In your riveting story about how hard you piss, you also take your attention and eyes away from the unsecured item though.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Look at the steps that I took in order to protect my $300 bike. I leaned it against the window so that I could see it and I only had my eyes away from it for about 30 - 45 seconds while I was peeing. Even when I was washing my hands, I came out of the washroom so that 30 - 45 seconds didn't turn into 2 minutes. Yes, I was pretty careful.

Now, go take a look at the cards that got stolen. Those are life-changing cards. Why was there just one high school kid at the table? Where the heck was everybody else? Where was the owner? I would've had an army watching those cards.

I don't know, maybe locking the bike up would be more careful than leaving it completely unattended outside where anyone walking by could take it, but that's just my opinion. If you think you did enough, I hope that continues to be true for you in the future.

Like I said before, it's not like the dealer had no one at the table and the case was out in the open. It was under or behind his table and there were people in the area. Unfortunately, it looks like he was hit by a group that knew what they were doing and managed to distract the people there long enough to steal the case. That definitely took a lot more effort than it would have taken for someone to steal your bike.

[brunswickreeves]

For Net54ers who will be attending the National or other shows, be on the lookout for the stolen cards, which the IG account (@daysportscards) provided a link to including cert #s:bit.ly/3xQK65a

Per the recent IG account posting: if it says ‘archived’ it is something sold and NOT stolen. If it says draft, it’s stolen.

Also for those not on IG, here are images of the person who picked up and took the case (blue shirt) and the two others (white polo shirt with hat and white shirt with camo hat) who were distracting the table’s workers:

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

For Net54ers who will be attending the National or other shows, be on the lookout for the stolen cards, which the IG account (@daysportscards) provided a link to including cert #s:bit.ly/3xQK65a

Thanks will update op
Also updated thread title to be closer to the amount stolen.

[brunswickreeves]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Thanks will update op
Also updated thread title to be closer to the amount stolen.

Images of alleged perpetrators (as seen in the surveillance video) from IG also included

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

For Net54ers who will be attending the National or other shows, be on the lookout for the stolen cards, which the IG account (@daysportscards) provided a link to including cert #s:bit.ly/3xQK65a

Per the recent IG account posting: if it says ‘archived’ it is something sold and NOT stolen. If it says draft, it’s stolen.

Also for those not on IG, here are images of the person who picked up and took the case (blue shirt) and the two others (white polo shirt with hat and white shirt with camo hat) who were distracting the table’s workers:

All three of those sketchers smell shifty AF at first visual glance, I can't imagine anyone would believe those m**kers know the first thing about an off back and are certainly not interested in learning.

Trust your instinct and always be on guard unfortunately.

[SyrNy1960]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

For Net54ers who will be attending the National or other shows, be on the lookout for the stolen cards, which the IG account (@daysportscards) provided a link to including cert #s:bit.ly/3xQK65a

Per the recent IG account posting: if it says ‘archived’ it is something sold and NOT stolen. If it says draft, it’s stolen.

Also for those not on IG, here are images of the person who picked up and took the case (blue shirt) and the two others (white polo shirt with hat and white shirt with camo hat) who were distracting the table’s workers:

Won't be long before they're arrested. Great images.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I don't know, maybe locking the bike up would be more careful than leaving it completely unattended outside where anyone walking by could take it, but that's just my opinion. If you think you did enough, I hope that continues to be true for you in the future.

Like I said before, it's not like the dealer had no one at the table and the case was out in the open. It was under or behind his table and there were people in the area. Unfortunately, it looks like he was hit by a group that knew what they were doing and managed to distract the people there long enough to steal the case. That definitely took a lot more effort than it would have taken for someone to steal your bike.

Yes, I felt I did enough considering the bike is only worth about $300. I could've probably left it there for an hour or even the whole day and it would've been fine. I don't live in Brooklyn.

To say that this dealer took better steps to protect his 2M dollar collection than I did with my $300 bike is ridiculous. If those had been my cards, I wouldn't even have taken my eyes away from them for one second. And if I had to for whatever reason, like I said, I would've had an army watching them and not just one HS kid.

Do I make a little more sense to you now??